Seoul denounces that a North Korean drone crossed the no-fly zone near the president’s office

Jan. 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The South Korean Army has denounced this Thursday that a North Korean drone would have crossed the no-fly zone in the vicinity of the presidential office in Seoul, when last week five unmanned vehicles entered South Korean airspace.

An official explained that investigations have shown that the drone entered a 3.7-kilometre-radius no-fly zone around Yoon Suk Yeol’s office, despite early reports from the Joint Chiefs of Staff that it had denied that it had. there has been an entry into airspace.

“It briefly flew towards the northern edge of the area, but did not approach key security facilities,” the official told the Yonhap news agency on condition of anonymity.

Seoul denounced on December 26 that several North Korean drones crossed the border, so it deployed planes and helicopters to shoot them down, in what was the first such incident since 2017.

South Korean Army sources stressed that these “unidentified objects” caused the temporary suspension of civilian flights during military operations to shoot them down.

According to information collected by Yonhap, South Korean forces sent drones to the border area, some of which entered North Korean territory to carry out surveillance operations, including photographs of “key enemy military installations.”